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Rex Allen Mehl
Apr 12, 2024
Rex was born November 5, 1938 to George and Delores Mehl in Middletown, Ohio. He was raised with two younger sisters. Many summers were spent assisting with Girl Scout activities, and bucking hay. He loved to go ice fishing with his father in the cold winter months. When he was a junior in high school he joined the...
Velma I Ryder
Apr 11, 2024
Velma Ryder, 95, of Boise, died on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at a local hospital.Velma was born on July 19, 1928, in Pomona, California to Luther and Maddie Brown.She attended and graduated from High School in Pomona, CA and went on to a career as a secretary for the school districts. She was married to Robert F. “Bob” Ryder on...
Robert "Mark" Falconer
Apr 3, 2024
Robert Mark Falconer, 71, passed away April 3, 2024, in Meridian, Idaho. Mark was a third generation Idahoan, born and raised in Boise. He was the neighborhood paper boy for many years and in high school he earned the rank of Eagle Scout. After graduating from Capital High School, Mark moved to Moscow to attend the University of Idaho. One...
Dax Olvera
Apr 2, 2024
It is with heavy hearts that we bid farewell to Dax Olvera, who passed away on April 2, 2024. Born in Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada, Dax was a man of many passions and a vibrant presence in the lives of those he touched. As a child, he loved playing hockey, football, and baseball. His interest in machinery started with simple...
Nathan Smith
Mar 28, 2024
Nathan Wade Smith, 47, affectionately known as "Nasty Nate," passed away peacefully with his wife Melissa at his side in the early morning hours of March 28, 2024 after a courageous battle with cancer.Nate was born in Boise, Idaho to Kathy Worthington and Kirby Smith on October 5, 1976. He graduated from Borah High School in 1994.While generally a man...
Roger Gerald Stano
Mar 24, 2024
The world said a sad goodbye to Roger Gerald Stano of Boise, Idaho, on March 24, 2024. Roger was a loving husband, father, son, brother and uncle, as well as an outstanding colleague and friend to many in the field of medical physics. Although his life of 80 years seems short to those he leaves behind, his impact was profound,...
Odo Siahaya
Mar 23, 2024
Odo Siahaya was born on May 15, 1937, in Bandung, Indonesia. He went to be with his Savior on March 23, 2024, in Nampa, Idaho, after eight months of battling leukemia.
Odo spent his childhood in Indonesia, including two years in a Japanese-run concentration camp for Dutch-Indonesians during World War II. He was orphaned during the war and raised by his...
Carole Ruth Eklund
Mar 22, 2024
Carole Ruth Eklund passed away on Friday, March 22, 2024, in Calgary, AB, at the age of 82 years. Carole was born on October 12, 1941, in Glendale, California. She spent her early years in California until the age of fourteen, when the family moved to a farm in Boise, Idaho. It was there that Carole and her sister discovered their...
Diane Eckhart
Mar 20, 2024
Diane Pearl (Clausen) Eckhart, 66, of Boise, Idaho, passed away peacefully in her home on March 20, 2024 after a strong and courageous battle with Glioblastoma. Diane was born on Sept. 13, 1957, in Winnemucca, Nevada, to Ruth and Raymond Clausen. She is the oldest of three sisters, Darlene and Debbie, who she kept in close contact with her entire...
Eula Gean Ward
Mar 11, 2024
Eula Gean Ward, 95, of Wilder, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2024. She was born on August 4, 1928, in Danville, Arkansas to Willie Tharp and Louvenia Copher Tharp. She married Barney C. Ward in August of 1943. Barney died in August of 2006. Gean attended Caldwell First Assembly of God “the domes” for over 20 years. Gean is...
Myrtle Drorbaugh
Mar 9, 2024
Myrtle (Mert) Helen Meier Drorbaugh was born in Salem Oregon at the Deaconess Hospital on August 21, 1923 to George and Lena Meier. Both parents were emigrants from Switzerland. Mert grew up during the Great Depression and family was the central focus of her upbringing. She attended schools in the Salem area and it became evident at an early age...
Bonnie Quinn
Mar 9, 2024
Bonnie Quinn died Saturday, March 9 at home, a few weeks after turning 103 and just five days after she played and won her last bridge game.Bonnie was born in Boise, Idaho on February 17, 1921 to Thomas and Della Jennings. She attended Longfellow Elementary, Boise High School and the University of Idaho, where she was a member of Alpha...
Carolyn Sue Bowler
Mar 7, 2024
Carolyn Sue Bowler passed away the morning of March 7, 2024, at the age of 81 due to complications related to Alzheimer's disease.Carolyn was born on October 16, 1942, to E.L. "Kelly" Vest and Dorothy Vest (nee Pebley) in Fullerton, California. In 1944, the family relocated to Glenns Ferry, Idaho, for a more rural life for their growing family, and...
JeanMarie Reeves Stevens
Feb 28, 2024
Jeanie Stevens of Meridian, Idaho, passed away on February 28, 2024.Jeanie was born March 6, 1940, in Greybull, Wyoming to Elton Frank and Vivian Pearl Reeves. She married David Gene Barnbrook, her high school sweetheart in 1959. They had one daughter, Michelle Marie, in Long Beach, California, where Dave was stationed in the U.S. Navy. They divorced in 1964. Jeanie...
Kenneth Roy Thornock
Feb 28, 2024
It breaks my heart to announce the passing of a great man, Kenneth Roy Thornock. He was born August 16, 1928 in Emmett, Idaho to Roy and Daisey Thornock.Ken gained his wings peacefully February 28, 2024 at home with family by his side at the age of 95.He is loved by so many.Ken is survived by his wife, Noreen, of...
Lucy Stephania Young
Feb 27, 2024
Lucy Stephania Young passed peacefully to the arms of her heavenly father at 11:47 a.m. on February 27th 2024, with her loving son Dennis by her side. She was 95 years old, born in Boise, Idaho on September 9th 1928. She was the second daughter of James Arthur and Ethel Ferguson (Wilde) Etchison. She was preceded in death by her...
Vladimir Paul Omas
Feb 26, 2024
Heaven opened its gates to welcome Paul and he eagerly went to be with his Lord and Savior on February 26, 2024. He passed away peacefully with family by his side at home in Boise, Idaho, at the age of 92 from natural causes. Paul was born at home on the Omas family farm in Bloomfield, Ohio on January 14,1932,...
Elmer R. Hancock
Feb 18, 2024
Elmer Ray Hancock, age 90, died Sunday, February 18, 2024 with family by his side. Elmer was born July 28, 1933 in Redwater, Texas to Walter and Burnice Hancock. He was a twin to sister Velma Hancock Mathias. They were born at their country home at 7 months, weighing 2 ¼ and 3 ¼ pounds. Their mom was paralyzed afterwards...
Edna Gwendoline Siggelkow
Feb 17, 2024
Edna Gwendoline Siggelkow passed away February 17, 2024, with her family by her side. She was 96.
Born in Cardiff, Wales UK on June 30, 1927, to James and Mary Watts and had two brothers, Jimmy and Kenneth and two sisters Nancy and Mavis, all deceased.
Edna was raised and educated in Cardiff and met Barney (Evan) Siggelkow during World...
Jeffrey "Jeff" McClees
Feb 14, 2024
Jeffrey “Jeff” Harold McClees, a man who was cherished by many throughout the Boise community, passed away on February 14, 2024 at 63 years old in Meridian, Idaho. He was born on July 7th, 1960, in Longview, Washington to Harold James McClees and Dorothy Eileen Cusick McClees.During his childhood in Washington, Jeff lived in Kelso, Chehalis, and Centralia. He moved...
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